Bistrot de Serine

Restaurant très sympa, excellente carte des vins ou les prix né sont pas exagérés, une carte unique avec 3 entrées, 3 plats, fromage dessert (foncez sur la forme au sirop d’érable et oubliez le régime). Seul bémol, les jours et horaires d’ouverture mais bon.

Bistrot de Serine is one part lunch bistrot, one part local wine store.
We were warned by the owner of our B&B «Bistrot de Serine does not do tastings, but they carry most bottles from the wineries and they sell at the same price».
This was interesting to us, since in the US, you go to Napa or Sonoma and feel robbed if you purchase bottles at the (undeservedly) pretentious wineries since you go to a store and quickly realize that the bottles are *cheaper*.
Anyways, when we came back from Bistrot and showed our B&B owner that not only did we get a complimentary tasting, an employee of Bistrot de Serine brought out complimentary snacks and showed us a great time, her jaw dropped (I think it’s because we said we were staying w/​Nine from La Gerine… her reputation precedes her).
Anyways — we did not eat a meal here (which we would do in the future). We had a budget and we wanted to use that budget on wine… we WERE in the Capitol of Cote Rotie for heavens sake… so most of our meals consisted of yummy cheeses/​fruits/​veg/​smoked fish that we bought at grocery stores.
BUT we were able to buy another bottle of St. Joseph «l’amarybelle» from Yves Cuilleron here (since Yves is closed to the public most days) and the employee recommended a great and affordable Cote Rotie that had 10% viognier, so it was great «for drinking now» at our B&B…
**This is the wine shop you should go to if you can’t get an appointment at a specific winery**

Ampuis la capitale du côte rotie
Ampuis a sa capitale la sérine venez vite y découvrir son menu offrant pour 16 euros un véritable concert de saveur tout cela accompagné par les meilleurs crus de la région au verre choisi avec amour par le patron vous serez ébloui une suggestion commencez par un baume de venise pour la suite un verre de cote rotie ou un condrieu… courrez y vite